Ebnst philipp hinkel



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E. P. HINKEL. CLASP FOR PURSES, &c.

No. 317,358. Patented May 5, 1885.

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(No Model.)

B. P. HINKEL.

CLASP FORPURSES, 6w.

PatentedMay 5. 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC ERNST PHILIPP HINKEL'QF OFFENBAGH-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY.

CLASP FOR PURSES, 80C.-

SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,358, dated May 5, 1885. Application filed March d, 1885. (X0 model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST PHIL'rrr HIN- KEL, a citizen of Germany, residing at Offenbach-on-the-Main, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clasps for Purses and Like Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My improved clasp is represented on the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a small bagframe provided with myimproved clasp; Fig. 2, a special view of the clasp, partly in section; Fig. 3, another detail view of part of the clasp. Figs. 4 to 12, inclusive, show several modifications of the clasp in section.

My improved clasp consists of the ball A, mounted loosely to turn and slide on a tube, B. A pin, on, projects from the ballA through the slot F in the tube B into the said tube, and within the tube B a spiral spring, E, is held, the upper end resting against the top of the tube B and the lower end on a disk, e, resting on that part of the pin a projecting into the tube B. The disk e prevents the lower end of the spring E from passing under and catching on the pin a. The tube B is secured to one section or half, X, of the bagframe, and a hook is secured on the other half or section, Z.

It will be observed that the one side, f, of the opening F is an inclined plane, up which the pin a travels as soon as the ball A is turned. In proportion as the pin a travels up this inclined plane the ball A will rise, slid ing on the tube B, so that if the ball be turned far enough the hook D will be liberated, and the bag, &o., can be opened. As soon as the ball A is liberated the spring E, which has been compressed by the above operation, will force the pin a, and with it the ball A, down again and into their original positions.

The hook D is constructed with a slanting back, 11, so that when pressed against the ball A it will push this latter up and catch into the hollow O.

In Figs. 4 to 7 a construction is sh own which is identical with that already described, except that the hook D is made flat in place of the shape represented in Fig. 2; but a simple cylindrical hole is bored into the ball A,

into which the tube B fits. In this construction the spring E and pin a operate in the same manner and for the same purpose as described above.

Figs. 8 to 10 represent a construction in which the tube B is provided with an inclined plane, 2', at its upper end, the ball A having a corresponding inclined plane, 6, of its opening.

Fig. 8 represents the clasp closed, and Fig. 9 open.

Fig. 10 is a sectional view of the ball A without the tube B. In this construction the spring E operates in the same manner as before desc1'ibed-namely, to force down the ball by pushing against the pin a, and thus close the clasp.

Figs. 11 and 12 represent a still further variation of construction, in which the inclined plane f is attached to the frame of the bag, 850., and the spring E is coiled around a pin, B, attached also to the frame. The top end of the spring E is firmly attached to the ball A and the lower end to the pin B. The ball A is further provided on its inner side with a boss, at, working on the inclined plane f, and thus lifting the ball when it is turned.

Fig. 11 represents the clasp closed, and Fig. 12 the same open.

Having thus described my invention and the manner of operating the same, what I wish to be patented to me and claim as new isl. A clasp for bags, purses, cigar-cases, and the like, consisting of the ball A and tube B, provided with theinclined plane f, in combination with the pin a, all serving to lift the ball A upon its being turned, and thus liberate the hook D, the spring E serving to bring the whole back again to their original position, all substantially as described and shown.

2. The ball A and tube B, the lower half of the latter being removed, both being provided at their top ends with an inclined plane, in combination with the spring E and pin a, all substantially for the purpose and in the manner as described, and shown in the drawings.

3. In a clasp for purses, &c., the combination, with a tube on one frame and a hook or catch on the other, of a ball mounted on the tube to slide on the same, and a spring in the at the top tube acting on the ball, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a clasp for-purses, &c., the combination, with pin or tube on one frame and match 5 or hook on the other, of a ball mounted to slide and turn on the tube orpin, and aspring for pressing the ball downward, substantially as herein shown and described.

Intestimony whereof Ihave signed my name t'o'this specification in the presenceof two sub- 10 scribing witnesses.

ERNST PHILIP]? HINKEL.

Witnesses:

FRANZ HASSLAOHER, J OSEPH PATRICK. 

